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Would an artificial sweetener by any other name taste as sweet?

Australia; International; WA University of Cambridge, UK, University of Oxford, UK JNeurosci
5 hours ago

The 30 by 30 conservation targets could harm small-scale fishing communities

Australia; Pacific; NSW; QLD; TAS James Cook University,University of Tasmania,The University of New South Wales,The University of the South Pacific,Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS),Ecological Solutions Solomon Islands, Pacific Community, New Caledonia, World Wide Fund for Nature, Solomon Islands, Talanoa Consulting, Solomon Islands, Blue Prosperity, Fiji, The Nature Conservancy, Solomon Islands Cell Reports Sustainability
5 hours ago

Extra daily screen time might delay bedtime but doesn't seem to impact sleep in young people

Australia; VIC; QLD The University of Queensland,ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child JAMA Pediatrics
5 hours ago

Arthritis drug diacerein no help for knee osteoarthritis pain

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA; WA; TAS University of Tasmania,Adelaide University,Monash University,The University of Western Australia,The University of Sydney,Anhui Medical University, China JAMA Internal Medicine
5 hours ago

Ozempic-like drugs work best in women

International Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA JAMA Internal Medicine
8 hours ago

‘Low sugar’, ‘low carb’, ‘healthy choice’: how the alcohol industry is marketing its way into your wellness routine

Australia; VIC George Institute for Global Health Health Promotion International, Drug and Alcohol Review
8 hours ago

Saving Victoria's brush-tailed rock-wallabies from extinction

Australia; NSW; VIC; SA Adelaide University Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
8 hours ago

Travellers are bringing back STIs along with their souvenirs

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Sexual Health
11 hours ago

The power of sunlight could help remove PFAS from water

Australia; NSW; SA Adelaide University,The University of Sydney Nature Water
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16 hours ago

EXPERT REACTION: Online gambling changes in Canada linked to a huge increase in people seeking gambling help

International University of Toronto (Canada) Canadian Medical Association Journal
2 March 2026

Registry data addresses major gaps in rare eye cancer

Australia; QLD; SA Flinders University,Queensland Eye Institute Foundation Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology
1 March 2026

Statins, diuretics, and other common heart drugs do not worsen survival in multiple myeloma

Australia; International; SA University of Sharjah,Adelaide University,Flinders University Scientific Reports
28 February 2026

Playing American football linked to poorer mental health and lower brain function in middle age

International Boston University, USA JAMA Network Open
28 February 2026

As whale populations recover, older males sing more

Australia; New Zealand; Pacific University of Auckland,Curtin University,University of St Andrews (UK), Opération Cétacés and IRD (New Caledonia) Current Biology
27 February 2026

Fossils trapped in amber show the lives of insects in the time of dinosaurs

International Institute for Game and Wildlife Research, Spain Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
27 February 2026

Rising carbon dioxide levels detected in human blood

Australia; WA; ACT The Kids Research Institute Australia,Curtin University,The Australian National University Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health
27 February 2026

Genetic discovery could lead to faster growing duckweed

Australia; International; SA Adelaide University Communications Biology
27 February 2026

A single night of traffic noise stresses the heart and blood vessels

International Johannes Gutenberg-University, Germany Cardiovascular Research
27 February 2026

New way to test life-threatening reaction to anaesthetic

Australia; QLD The University of Queensland Anaesthesiology
27 February 2026

Sticking with the same GP linked to better health among aged care residents

Australia; SA South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI),Flinders University,Adelaide University Age and Ageing
27 February 2026

How Aussie birds have evolved to eat sugar all day

Australia; NSW University of Wollongong,Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany, LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics/Senckenberg Research Institute/Goethe-University, Germany, Harvard University, USA Science
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27 February 2026

EXPERT REACTION: Stem cell treatment could help repair spina bifida while babies are still in the womb

Australia; International; NSW UC Davis Health, USA The Lancet
27 February 2026

Hips don't die: New hip replacements are likely to last 30 years

Australia; International NSW Government,Adelaide University,Queen’s School of Medicine (Canada) The Lancet
27 February 2026

Pickleball players aren't protecting their peepers

International Yale School of Medicine, USA JAMA Ophthalmology
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27 February 2026

New study shows how children in Aotearoa experience music

New Zealand AUT University,The University of Melbourne,University of Waikato Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
27 February 2026

Pest control: NZers more worried about contamination than suffering

New Zealand University of Auckland Biological Conservation
27 February 2026

When did mozzies start getting a taste for us?

Australia; International; QLD James Cook University,Vanderbilt University, USA, University of Manchester, UK Scientific Reports
27 February 2026

Immune blueprint for next-generation malaria vaccines

Australia; Pacific; VIC Burnet Institute,WEHI,Monash University,The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity,The University of Melbourne Immunity
27 February 2026

Breast is best for both mums' and bubs' immune systems

International Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA Trends in Immunology
27 February 2026

Can you trust an at-home test for your gut health?

International National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Communications Biology
27 February 2026

Mental health ambulance callouts reveal 'unmet health need', researchers say

New Zealand University of Auckland,AUT University,Wellington Free Ambulance, Hato Hone St John New Zealand Medical Journal
27 February 2026

Marae-led programme shows health benefits of e-biking

New Zealand University of Otago,Tū Kotahi Māori Asthma Trust, Wellington New Zealand Medical Journal
27 February 2026

Two-thirds of Canterbury teens have tried vaping

New Zealand University of Canterbury New Zealand Medical Journal
27 February 2026

'Bicycle face', 'telephone tinnitus', and 'railway spine': How anxiety about new tech becomes medicalised

New Zealand University of Auckland New Zealand Medical Journal
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26 February 2026

EXPERT REACTION: New weight loss pill could be better than current GLP-1 pill for weight loss and blood sugar

Australia; International; SA Dallas Diabetes Research Center, USA The Lancet
26 February 2026

Blood lactate levels can predict physical outcomes for ALS patients

Australia; QLD Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN),Shiga University of Medical Science, UQ School of Biomedical Sciences, UQ Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Department of Neurology Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Annals of Neurology

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